Friday Favorites: LL Bean

i have decided to make Fridays my "Favorites" day....

i will post a picture of something that i am currently diggin'...

today it is my new L.L. Bean slippers.

brother got these for me for Christmas!

dude.

they are awesome!

hand-me-downs

 

i <heart> hand-me-downs

...especially for kids clothes!

most things they barely get to wear before they grow out of them...

so each piece is still in great condition.

this WHOLE pile of clothes is stuff i got from a friend

who has a little boy a bit older than sbj!

 for $55 i got 55 shirts, pants and/or pjs!

when's the last time you could say that about a clothing purchase?

woowoo! 

crazy house

if i go crazy,

check all the flat surfaces in the house.

if they look like this:

then that is probably the reason why.

THIS DRIVES ME CRAZY!

it is so easy for things to get piled up...

luckily i have found that it doesnt really take that long

to get it straightened out.

so (for now) the counters are clear

and im not in the crazy house!

Friday Favorites: FIESTA!

i have decided to make Fridays my "Favorites" day....

i will post a picture of something that i am currently diggin'...

today it is my collection of Fiesta dishware!

my collection grew over Christmas and i am so excited...

there are still a few colors i hope to get...

but i love these plates and bowls!

i think they are 

fun,

bright,

different...

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well,

if one has not dined well."

~Virginia Woolf

sun spots

i love that howey always finds the one sunny spot in a room

(or on our bed).

i saw him there the other day and thought...

we should all try to find the sunny spot in life!

food fight

we have to choose our battles, right?

well, right now i choose NOT to fight with sbj about his eating.

no, this is NOT his plate BEFORE dinner...

it is his plate AFTER dinner.

(and the picture doesnt do the food justice, it is delish)

and yes, the only thing eaten off his plate is some 

CHEESE DIPPED IN RANCH.

what is up with this kid?

oh...but dont worry, he did eat...

3 bowls of mandarin oranges and strawberries...

fruit is better than nothing, right??

 

he has done this a few times before

so i am guessing that it is just a phase...

 i keep telling myself, if he is hungry he will eat...

right??

i still have hope that he will grow up to be a good, healthy eater...

just not right now...

"bad" hair day

when sbj and i were getting ready to leave the other day,

my hubs actually said to me:

"are you going to do something with his hair?"

what?

do you know me?

do i do anything with my hair?

what am i supposed to do with his hair?

it is crazy...

and i love it...

so, no.

not going to do anything with his hair.

it is fantastic just the way it is!

word of the week...

CAKEBALLS!

for sbj's 2nd birthday 

we didnt have a cake...
or cupcakes ...
are you saying "what the what?"
we had something better!

we had CAKEBALLS!

cakeballs are delicious.

cakeballs are not messy.

cakeballs are cute.

cakeballs are fun.

CAKEBALLS ARE GENIUS!

shoutout to Kristie's Konfections for making these crazy-good bits of wonderfulness!

sNOOOOOOOOOOw

please dont get me wrong-

i am not a snow hater.

but i do NOT like when snow

or lack there of

or ice 

or any weather for that matter

mess up plans.

that is boooooooo!

ps these pictures were not from today...

they were from our christmas snow in gboro and black mtn.

Bye Bye Baby

sbj took his last 2 papis (pacifiers)

to his 2 year check up today...

he gave them to his doctor,

to "give to the babies"

because he is a big boy now!

naptime was a bust, but so far so good on bedtime...

Craft Fairy

i want to be crafty...

i want to be creative...

i want to make things,

neat things,

cool things.

can the craft fairy come sprinkle craft dust on me 

and leave me a magical supply of crafting-gear?